** Shares of drug developer Vera Therapeutics VERA.O fall
4.7% to $28.75 premarket
** VERA to issue and sell $200 mln of its Class A common
shares
** Separately says it has cash, cash equivalents and
securities of about $160.7 mln, as of Dec. 31, 2023
** JPMorgan, TD Cowen and Evercore ISI acting as joint
bookrunners for equity offering
** The firm has a market cap of $1.34 bln and outstanding
shares of 44.43 mln - LSEG data
** Stock more than tripled in the last 12 months
(Reporting by Sneha S K)
((Sneha.SK@thomsonreuters.com;))